Be Your Own Hero

Make real and authentic change – in just four weeks – in the Career Strategy Intensive.

If you’re feeling unfulfilled, disillusioned, or stuck in your life… I have to level with you:

No one is coming to fix this for you. No one is coming to save you. 

You have to save yourself.

Women are waking up to the reality that what we thought we wanted – what we were taught success looked like – is actually a setup.

Caught between a rock and a hard place… trying to push forward in our careers, raise a family, take care of aging parents, advocate in our communities.

[Not to mention eat more protein, lift heavier weights, get more sleep, drink more water.]

It’s become clear that the whole system is designed to keep us tired, overwhelmed, and STUCK.

I stayed stuck for a long time. Trying to pretzel myself into the right jobs, the right choices. Be the Ashley that I thought people wanted me to be.

And it felt awful.

Following a career path that didn’t light me up.

Raising a child who didn’t fit into the typical mold.

Struggling to make ends meet in a hyper-competitive community.

The friction – the misalignment I felt – just became too much.

Slowly, slowly, slowly, I started to make different choices.

Choices that were guided by my inner voice. 

Choices that were guided by my own compass.

Choices that were actually good for ME!

I got curious about myself. My dreams and wishes, yes. But also my preferences. 

What I like to eat. What I like to wear. What feels good to me.

I started to live like my own ally. I started to be on my own side.

That’s the incredible thing about choosing yourself. You don’t just make outer changes. You don’t just get moving in the right direction again.

You learn to stay with yourself.

You learn to advocate for yourself.

You learn to trust yourself.

The journey to getting unstuck begins and ends with choosing yourself. Over and over and over again.

No one is coming to save you. Which is good – because you don’t need saving.

You just need YOU.

Try This Out 

Grab your journal and your favorite pen; it’s time to take a pause and do some reflection:

• Which situations, contexts, conversations or relationships make you feel “small” (feeling invisible, unimportant, unvalued)? Be specific: what does that look like for you? 

• In those moments, what are you saying to yourself? How are you feeling about yourself? Who are you telling yourself that you have to be?

• What would it look like to be even 1% more on your own side in those moments? To choose yourself above everything and everyone else? 

Then take a moment and consider: What’s the risk of choosing yourself? What’s the risk of not?

What’s Next

I know from experience that taking the first step often feels the hardest. 

Whether it’s a new exercise routine or raising your hand for support, getting started feels daunting.

One of the things that makes getting started easier? Breaking it down into smaller pieces.

In the Career Strategy Intensive, I help you break your big goal, question or challenge into manageable, ‘bite-sized’ steps. 

Not only does this help you take action (and get unstuck) faster, but it’s a beautiful – and safe – way to practice choosing yourself, over and over again.

And we do it all in 4 weeks!

Seriously, what would you like to accomplish by mid-August? Let’s do it together.

Onward,